266 State of Public Afairs in March, 1806. [April }, 
ftriking of the Diomede ents fhe did not Cape Town, a I2y 1806. 
efcape the irrefiitible fire of his Majefty’s° © My Lorn, 
fhips. A copy of my public thanks given to Thave the honour to announce to your lord- 
the Admirals, Captains, Sc, for having fo fhip the capitulation of the town and garrifen. 
gallantly performed their duty in this truly of the Cape of Good Hope .to his Majefty’s 
decifive a@ion, I requeft you will lay before  arms,—In my difpatches of the 24th Novem- 
their Lorafhips. lam, Sir, &c, _ °« ber lat, from St, Salvador, I had the honour 
J.T. DuckworTH. to apprize your lordthip of the meafures adopt=_ 
Ie William Marfden, Efg. &c. Admiraity. édito cefreta-itae: forbes my command, - 
Britifo Line. and having with much difficulty procured. 6o 
Heat a Dinifion. Lee Divifion. or.70 horfes for the cavalry, and the fick be- 
Guns. Guns. jng recruited, the expedition. failed on the. 
Superb......-- -74 | Canopus ........84 26th of that. month,. and we’ had the good \ — 
Norchumberland--74 | Donegal .....+.. 74 fortune to reach Table Bay on the 4th in- 
Spencer.....-.- 74 { Atlas ..-..-..-- 74 ftant. It had been intended to difembark the 
Agamemnon ....64 ‘a _ army immediately ; and with a view of. co- 
Frigates—Acafta, Mayicienne, Kingsfifher, yering our deG ign, before entering the Bay, 
and Epervier, the 24th regiment, commanded by the Hin 
French Line. 9 Lieutenant-Colonel M‘Donald, was detached, 
L’ Atexandre—of $4 guns, Capitaine Gar- under charge of the Leda. frigate, to make a 
artis » SEP kitled and wounded-—Taken. +) demonftration of Janding in Campo Bay ; but 
U'Tmperiale—of 120 guns, Contre Amiral the wind having failed, the fleet did not ar- 
Le Siegle, Capitaine Le Pigoot; number of rive atits anchorage until the day was too far 
kiligd and wovnded not known, but cer- advancedto attempt'a landing.—-On the morn- 
tainly many—On fhore, and completely ing of the sth, the -1ft brigade, under the 
wrecked —( Burnt.) orders of Brigadier General Beresford, _ was 
Le Diomede—OF 84 guns, Capitaine embarked in boats, and procee, ded towards the 
Henry; number of killed asd wounded not only acceffible part of the fhore, in a fmall 
known, but certainly many—On fhore, and bay, fixteen miles to the northward of Cape- 
completely wrecked.—( Afterwards burnt ) ‘Town, where it appeared practicable to efie& 
Le jopitre—-Of 74. guns, Capitaine Laig- a difembarkation; but the furf had increafed 
nel; 200 killed and wounded —Taken. oe FS conijderably, that, combined with the local 
Le Erave—of 74 guns, Capitaine Coudes difficulties of the. ipot, it was found neceflary 
260 killed and wounded—=Taken, * to abandon the attempt.—The reft.of the day 
Frigates—La Felicié, efcaped;* La Co- was devoted toa careful examination of the _ 
méte, efcaped, - whole fhore, from Lofpard’s Bay to within gun- 
Corvette—La Diligence, efcaped. thot. of the batteries at Cape~Town, but 
General Abfiraéi of killed and wounded on Board which produced only the diftreffing conclufion 
the Britifio Ships. that the chance of effecting a landing depend- 
Superb—6 killed and 56 wounded—62. ed upon contingencies, very untikely to. be 
Northumberland—z1 killed and 7g wound- = yeglifed but ina perfect calm. In confequence 
ed—200. of this-interence, in order to obviate the dif- 
Canopus killed and 22 wounded—3o. advantages of delay in the adoption of a refo- 
Spencer—18 killed and 50 wounded—68. lution Hae I apprehend would at Jatt. be 
Donegal—12 killed and 33 woundec=-45. neceffarily impofed on.me, I direéted Briga- 
Atlas—8 killed and 11 wounded—rog. dier-General Beresford to proceed with the 
Agamemcon—i killed and 13 woundec— 38th regiment, and the 2cth Light Dragoons, 
34. efcorted by his Majefty’s fhip — “Diomede, to 
Total—74 killed, and 264 wounded. Saldanha Bay, where the difembarkation cauld 
Grand tutal of Britith killed and wounded pe accomplifhed with facility, and a profpect 
— 333 was a tomed us of procuring horfes and cat- 
J. T. Duckwortu. tle; andi purpofed following with the main 
AFRICA. body of the army, in the event of the beach 
In the courfe of the Jail autumn, a ref being impracticable, the enfuing morning. ~ 
prciable fquadren commanded by Sw ‘Fhe “fart along the thore of Lofpard’s Bay 
Home Popham, one of the ablelt and moft having confiderably abated the eniu ing morn- 
achive officers in the Brinth fe:vice, failed ing, I determined, with the concurrence of oe 
from Cork, having on board a. bady of Commodore Sir Honie Popham, to make an 
ee ces commarded by General efort to get the troops on fhore, abe accord 
Baird. 1 heir deftimation was again(t che. inglythe Highland Brigade, compoted of the 
_, 7Ut, 72d, and 93d regiments, etleéted that 
ea e of Good Hope, one of the moft im objent, under the command of Brigadiei-Ge- 
oftant commercial pofiticns cn the fur- 
neral Fergufon, The fhore had been previ- 
ie of the Globe, of which, after a fhert gelly very clofely infpedted ‘by, the Brigadier, 
but tharp conteft, they obtained peffeffion. * ana, by his {pirited exertions, ahd example, 
The particulars are contained in the fol- our efforts were crowned with fuccefs; al- + 
lowing Official Difpatch: _ though a confined and intricate channel to the F 
eet ihore 
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